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Flag Football Starting Up in NC This Fall
In the absence of a fall high school football season, a start-up 7-on-7 flag football league has sprouted up in North Carolina. The North Carolina Triad Fusion is hosting the flag football league for high school student-athletes who want to sharpe...
Lack of Referees a Worry for GHSA
As the September 4 kick-off date for Georgia High School Association (GHSA) football draws closer, some counties are already finding a shortage of available referees. According to a report from WJBF ABC-6, football officials are down 27 percent fr...
NFHS Director: HS Sports Address to ‘Have A Different Look’
In her third year as the executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), Dr. Karissa Niehoff has been at the forefront of the national discussion surrounding high schools returning safely amid the COVID-19 pand...
Survey Shows New England Athletic Departments Lack Diversity
Collegiate athletic departments in New England appear to have a diversity issue on its hands. According to a recent survey conducted by The Boston Globe, only five of the 112 colleges and universities in the region, employed a Black athletic direc...
High School Football Seasons Kick Off Amid Pandemic
Six states across the country have kicked off the high school fall football season amid the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two weeks. Utah, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, North Dakota, and South Dakota have all held live, full-tackle high school fo...
Where Each State Stands with Fall Sports
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has kept an updated tracker of where all 50 states stand in their efforts to resume fall sports safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on how hard their region has been hit, so...
PIAA Concerned about Referees amid COVID-19
The expectations of referees — at any level — are demanding. Coaches, players, and spectators alike expect perfection and an outcome that puts their preferred team on top. Constant scrutiny, ridicule, and low pay are just some of the reasons w...
Heart Condition Connected to COVID-19 Concerned Administrators
As the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences became the first of the 'Power 5' conferences to forgo football and fall sports, concerns over complications of student-athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 appeared to be at the root of the decision. Acc...





